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Inside the Supper Club: Characters
Giveaway, Inside the Supper Club, Romance, Saturday Night Supper Club
Only one more day until the release of The Saturday Night Supper Club! In honor of tomorrow’s book birthday, we’re going to take a closer look at my book world, starting with the couple of the hour, Rachel Bishop and Alex Kanin. And what better way to get to know who someone really is than to take a peek at their social media?
I think it’s pretty clear from the profile below that Rachel’s friend and publicist Analyn Sanchez must have gotten a hold of Rachel’s password, because other than the occasional kitchen photo and restaurant update, she almost never accesses her Facebook account! And as much as I hate to say it, it’s also clear that Rachel is pretty much all work and no play…
(Click on the profiles to enlarge.)
It’s probably tempting to think from Alex’s Facebook timeline that he’s all play and no work, but really he’s just a master procrastinator when it comes to a writing deadline. If you look closer, you’ll see some photos from his climbing trips as well as the covers of the magazines where he first became an in-demand satirist and essayist. You might also notice his best friend’s sense of humor…
Want to know more? Meet Rachel and Alex in the the pages of The Saturday Night Supper Club starting tomorrow! And in the meantime, enter this amazing giveaway from Tyndale House Publishers!
But that’s not your only chance to win! Click here to see a list of other current giveaways.
**Since I’ve gotten some concerned messages, please note that these are brought to you by the magic of Photoshop. Having real profiles for fictional characters would violate Facebook’s terms of service.
Launch Celebration Giveaway
My upcoming release, The Saturday Night Supper Club, is about romance and food, but it’s also about the importance of strong, meaningful friendships. So in celebration of the February 6th release, Tyndale House Publishers is hosting an amazing giveaway… $300 towards cooking classes for you and a friend!
For full details, visit the giveaway page on Tyndale House Publishers’ website or enter below and you’ll be well on your way to a tasty day out with your bestie.
But that’s not your only chance to win! Visit any of these bloggers below for an opportunity to win a copy of The Saturday Night Supper Club. And check back often, as I’ll be updating this page with new giveaways as they begin.
Bookworm Mama (Ends 2/11)
Relz Reviewz (Ends 2/13)
Singing Librarian (Ends 2/13)
Book Club Network Blog (Ends 2/15)
Goodreads E-Book Giveaway (Ends 2/28)
Tags: cooking class, cooking schools, giveaway
Book Rec: Just Look Up by Courtney Walsh
Happy Friday, friends! It’s time for another book recommendation, this time recorded live on Facebook this morning! I’d like to say it was because I had a brilliant thought out plan to do it, but really it was because I ran out of time to record this week and decided to do it on the fly.
Long story short: I loved Just Look Up by Courtney Walsh and think that you might too. So check out what I have to say about it and then pick up your own copy at one of the links below!
Grab you own copy at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or ChristianBook.com.
Tags: Courtney Walsh, Just Look Up
My Planner Obession (and a giveaway)
I’ve had a planner problem for years. I’m one of those weird analog throwbacks who can’t remember anything unless it’s written down on actual paper. Somehow, putting the appointment in my phone is instant license to forget it, and to forget that I need to check. Alarms? Never work as intended.
However, it’s harder to find a generic planner that works for me than you would think. I like to keep a daily task list, a weekly meal plan, both weekly and monthly calendars, along with habit trackers and social media calendars. Basically, I needed a way to keep track of every aspect of both my work and personal life and the flexibility to switch up depending on season. (The summer while my kids are off looks drastically different than the school year, for example.)
Enter the Bullet Journal method. Sort of. Because while I love the simplicity of the lists and the little symbols, I also need a standard monthly calendar layout and a Monday-start weekly layout that shows me everything I need to know for the entire week. Fortunately, there are loads of inspiration for layouts both simple and elaborate on Pinterest and Instagram. (One of my favorites is Boho Berry but you can also follow my productivity board on Pinterest for more ideas.)
Enter the lovely dot grid journals from May Designs. At 80 pages, that gives me enough space to keep yearly calendars (both regular and school year), monthly layouts, to do lists, reading logs, and a host of other things I like to keep track of, as well as weekly layouts for an entire quarter. And while I do have to recreate the journal each quarter, I find my needs change enough from quarter-to-quarter that I’m ready to tweak my previous layout by the time I fill up a book.
Curious to try this out for yourself? You’re in luck… to begin the new year, I’m giving away a May Designs journal: a lovely classic blush planner that has twelve monthly layouts in the front and blank dot grid pages in the back for anything you might use it as.
Just tell me what you’d use it for, and I’ll choose one commenter below to win this little beauty on January 16th!
Tags: Boho Berry, Bullet Journal, giveaway, May Designs, productivity
